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professor of church history in the reformed episcopal seminary of Philadelphia, Pa. He is head of the history department in the commercial high school of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a member of the American historical association; a member of the New York state historical association; and a member of the Brooklyn university club. He is the History of the Roman People; author of and other historical publications. Fairlie, John Archibald, educator, author, was born Oct. 30, 1873, in Glasgow, Scotland. He is professor of administrative law at the university of Michigan; and in 190708 was a member of the Michigan constitutional convention. He is the author of Mu-

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Administration; The National Administration of the United States; Local Government in Counties, Towns and Vilnicipal

lages; and tration.

Wrongs

in Municipal Adminis-

sufferers. She died Nov. 8, 1868, in Washington, D.C. Fales, Edward Lippitt, poet. He is the author of Underneath the Mistletoe, and Other Poems; and Songs and Song Legends of

Dahkotah Land. Falk, Benjamin Joseph, photographic artist, was born Oet. 14, 1853, in New York City. He has made many improvements in photography, the most important of which was that of photographing stage scenes by light in large masses. best compositions and studies from life are The Fisher Maiden; Judith; and The Curfew Shall not Ring To-Night. Falkner, John W. T., railroad president, was born Sept. 3, 1848, in Ripley, Miss. In 1890 he became president of the Gulf and

the

aid

Among

of his

electric

Chicago railroad. Falkner, Roland Post, statistician, author, 14, 1866, in Bridgeport, Conn. In 1888 he became instructor on statistics in the university of Pennsylvania; and in 1891 was made secretary of the senate committee appointed to investigate the eflfect of the McKinley tariff on the cost of living. He was editor in 1890-1900 of the Annals of the American academy of political science; in 1900-04 was chief of the division of the document library of congress; in 1904-07 was commissioner of education of Porto Rico; and since 1907 has been statistician to the national civic federation.

was born April

Fainnan, Gideon, soldier, engraver, was born June 36, 1744, in Newtown, Conn. In the war of 1813 he entered the army as captain, and rose to a colonelcy. He contributed

much toward the elevation of the art of engraving in the United States. He died March 18, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa. Faithom, John Nicholson, railroad presiwas born March 31, 1853, in London, England. Since 1873 he has been in railway service; and since 1899 has been president and general manager of the Chicago terminal dent,

transfer railway. Falconer, John Mackie, artist, author, was born May 33, 1830, in Scotland. He proposed the first exhibition of engravings in the United States ; and organized the first chronological exhibition of American art in the United States. In water colors he produced the William Penn Mansion; and a series of Historic Houses in enamel on porcelain, now in the possession of the Long Island historical society. He is the author of Sketch of the History of Water-Color Painting. Falconio, Diomede, clergyman, archbishop, was born in Abruzzi, Italy. In 1865 he was sent as a missionary to the United States. In 1866 he was ordain-

ed priest. In 1866 he

was

vice-president

and

in 1868 was president of the St. Bonaventure's college at Al-

legheny, N.Y. In 1892 he was consecrated a bishop; and in 1895

was

raised to the archbishopric. Since 1903

he has been apostolic delegate to the United States. Fales, Almira L., philanthropist, was born in New York. At the beginning of the wat she entered, fully prepared, on the care of sick and wounded soldiers; and at Pittsburg Landing and other battlefields of the west was busy in ministering to the wants of the

Fall, Charles Gershom, lawyer, poet, was born in 1845 in Maiden, Mass. He is a noted lawyer of Boston, Mass. He is the author of Dreams, a volume of poetry; A Village Sketch, and Other Poems; and Employers' Liability for Personal Injuries to their Em-

ployes. Fall, Delos, educator, author, was bom Jan. 39, 1848, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Since 1879 he has been professor of chemistry in the Albion college, Mich. In 1897 he was president of the State Teachers' association and in 1901 became Michigan state superintendent of public instruction. He is the author of Laboratory Manual in Qualitative

Chemistry. Fall,

Frank Andrews,

soldier, author,

was

born Aug. 34, 1878, in Flint, Mich. He served in the Spanish-American war in the thirtyfirst regiment of Michigan volunteers. Since 1905 he has been bursar to the New York university. He is the author of Messages to Men; Steering Gear; Blazed Trails; and Developing a Positive.

Mary Parker, litterateur, author, in 1868 in Massachusetts. She is the author of The Speaker of the House of Fallett,

was born

Representatives. Fallon, Christopher, lawyer, author, was 7, 1855, in New Orleans, La. He was the author of Law of Conveyance in Pennsylvania. He died March 27, 1905.

born Oct.

Edward H., lawyer, legislator, auwas born Aug. 15, 1865, in Appleton,

Fallows, thor,